2003. January 10.
Museum delivery of my 50th Anniversary Corvette


A video of the museum delivery.
A playful and somewhat cartoonish
video of the museum delivery.

Size: 15.5 MB
Stitched together from webcam images.
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Diary of a Museum Delivery.
Diary of a Museum Delivery

From the moment I decided to buy a Vette
to my first short cruise in my new car.

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We have arrived to Bowling Green, KY - the still empty trailer and the Chevy Silverado pulling it in front of the National Corvette Museum.
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The "Corvettes only" parking lot in front of the museum.
(But note that Mazda Miata!)
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The sign of the NCM.
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More of the outside of the NCM.
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Happy owners tested their brand spanking new Vettes!?
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Bob watching TV in the hotel's lobby.
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Welcoming sign at the main entrance of the NCM.
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Welcome to our new owners...
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...ME! (At the entrance of the Corvette assembly plant.)
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A random C5 in front of the assembly plant's entrance.
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The one of a kind 50th anniversary golden Vette.
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Bowling Green Assembly Plant, main entrance.
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The bricks in front of the NCM.
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From the left: Bob (my friend and our driver), Robi (my brother) and Brad (Robi's friend).
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My C5 stripped: the back...
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...and the front. To the left our delivery guide, Thomas McFall.
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Robi and Brad finally getting a rest.
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This is a 1953 C1.
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This is a very nice C2.
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This is a C3.
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The very first C5.
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The "nursery" - cars in the NCM waiting for deliveries.
(Note that most of them are Annie's, that yellow one is a Z06.)
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Double headlamps!
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A memorial for Zora.
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Zora's Vette.
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Coming at you!
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This is NOT the 2002 pace car, it's a regular Annie with decals.
(We are behind the scenes now.)
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A mock-up of a C6 prototype.
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Below: more cars waiting for deliveries. Above: cars locked out of the museum due to lack of space. In the distance: the rest of the gang listening to Thomas.
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This is how cars were built in the old St. Louis plant.
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A Corvette dealership, ca. 1960's.
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A raced C4.
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Another racer.
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The 1989 ZR-1 Vette that broke the 24-hour speed record with 175.885 mph - with a stock 1990 engine!
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After a 35 mph impact.
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A 1990 ZR-1 stripped.
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Headrest of the 1 millionth Corvette.
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A one-off Vette spyder.
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Hey, my first start!
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Somebody is having fun with his new car!
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Thomas introducing me the car.
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This is the nursery again.
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The mirror images.
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Looks like a Porsche, but it's a Vette.
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A C4 with open hood.
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Posing with my new toy at the delivery bay.
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Now with the door open.
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And now with the lights on!
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The car is loaded, we are ready to go!
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At the Ramada Inn in Lebanon, just North of Indianapolis.
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More of the Ramada Inn.
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We are home!
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Marci and I are unwrapping the car inside.
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Getting ready to roll out.
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Rolling out.
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Rolling down.
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Touchdown!
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All four tires are on the ground.
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Turning left into the driveway.
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In the driveway!

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